Donald Trump and his team did a number of things in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case that made the jury prop up a punitive damages award that otherwise could have been lower, a former prosecutor said on Saturday.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, where she was asked about the recent $83.3 million jury award against the ex-president. Specifically, the host asked about the impacts of Trump's behavior, as well as whether the verdict reflected the jurors' view on "victim shaming."
"I think that is the important point here because this punitive damage is so much larger than the award from the first trial," Vance said. "And this is something that Donald Trump brought on himself."
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The ex-prosecutor elaborated, saying that "it was his behavior, his continuation of the defamation, his -- in reality, what we should think about this, Alex, is that he is targeting E. Jean Carroll with his base on social media and in his public comments."
Vance ended her response with how the jurors saw things.
"The jury didn't like that," she explained.
